The latest episode of How I Met Your Mother was called “Arrivederci, Fiero” and paid homage to Marshall’s trusty car. Here’s what happened:

Marshall and Ted are in the Fiero getting ready to celebrate a momentous occasion. The odometer is about to hit the 200,000 mile mark and the guys will celebrate with Cuban cigars. Unfortunately, Marshall gets distracted by Ted and hits a pothole, which causes the car to sputter and die. The guys have it towed to a shop where they learn that the prognosis is not good. The car will require $3,000 worth of work, and even then there would be no guarantee that it will run.

As Marshall faces this tough decision, the gang reflect back on all the adventures they’ve had with the Fiero. It was in that car that Marshall and Ted spent a snowbound night during college and finally became best friends. It was in that car that Lily and Robin transported food (strictly against the rules), spilled said food, and then orchestrated a cover-up to deceive Marshall — all of which led to those two becoming best friends. It was in that car that Barney first learned to drive and crashed into some bushes going about 5 mph.

All of those great memories convince Marshall that the Fiero deserves a dignified death. So he sells it for scrap metal and the gang use the money to pay their bar tab for the next two nights.

My Reaction: I thought it was nice to have a Marshall-centered episode for a change. I thought the flashbacks were funny (I can totally see Ted being pretentious and all philosophical in college) and were perfectly balanced with scenes from the present. I could have done without that stupid Proclaimers song getting stuck in my head, though! Overall, “Arrivederci, Fiero” was pretty good. Now let’s see if the next ep makes any mention of Robin and Ted living together!

Episode 2×18 of Prison Break was called “Wash,” and continues the season-long tradition of Agent Mahone being able to discern Michael’s plans within a minute of assessing the situation. Sigh. Other than that, I thought “Wash” was actually a decent episode. Here’s what else happened.

Michael/Linc/Sara: They listen to the exonerating evidence (which the audience doesn’t get to hear for some reason) and then try to find someone who can help them use the evidence to clear Linc. With Paula’s help (she’s the one who took LJ into hiding) they settle on a guy named Cooper Green. He has ties with the Justice Department and will know the best play for this evidence.

Michael contacts Green and arranges a meeting in a nearby park. They make Green jump through a bunch of hoops (throw away his suit coat, walk into a fountain, take long, winding passages into a basement) before meeting Michael, and they ascertain that he was being tailed by other guys in suits.

While all this is going on, Sara goes to her father’s grave, and suddenly finds herself face to face with Bruce Bennett, the longtime family friend who she thought tried to have her killed soon after her father was murdered. But Bennett insists he didn’t have anything to do with that. Instead, he says his phones were tapped and that’s how the would-be assassins figured out where to find her. Anyway, Bennett says he can help, so he ends up taking her to the real Cooper Green.

Sara immediately alerts Linc to the fact that there’s an imposter with Michael. Linc goes racing off through the park to try to find his brother, but Michael already has the situation under control. He tripped up the imposter with some question about asthma medicine and took the guy out. They make their way back to the hotel to meet up with Sara and the real Green to discuss the evidence.

Sucre/Maricruz: Sucre and Maricruz head to some remote part of Mexico where Sucre’s aunt lives. They think they’ll be safe there.

Bellick: Waltzes into Mahone’s office demanding money for helping Mahone find Haywire. Mahone puts him in his place and then sends him off to Mexico to chase down the latest Sucre leads.

Kellerman: Buys a big-ass gun and says goodbye to his sister. Apparently, he’s on a mission to assassinate Carolyn.

C-Note: He tries to contact Michael via the goldfinch website he overheard Michael telling Sucre about. But Michael hasn’t responded to any of the messages C-Note left on the site. Mahone gets a call from Kim saying that they’ve got a lead on Scofield and Burrows, so C-Note is no longer an asset. Kim orders Mahone to have C-Note killed but to make it look like a believable accident.

Mahone tells C-Note that he promises to take care of C-Note’s wife and daughter if C-Note uses what’s in the package Mahone will send him later. It turns out to be a noose, and the last shot of the ep is C-Note taking a step off his bed with the noose around his neck.

T-Bag: Sees an ad for a psychiatrist who looks a bit like him. He schedules an appointment, goes in, kills the shrink, and assumes his identity. Later, he books a flight to Thailand with a connection in Chicago and one more international stop. His backpack with all the cash in it isn’t going to be allowed as carry-on, so he has to check it in. Yeah, right. Another coincidence: T-Bag ends up on the same flight as Bellick.

Mahone: Shows signs of being human. He looked like he really felt bad for C-Note and really was going to take it upon himself to make sure the wife and daughter were well cared for. He also wavered a bit when he realized that Burrows is innocent. I predict that he’ll have a change of heart where the fugitives are concerned and will end up helping them in some way.

My Reaction: I liked the Michael/Linc/Sara bits and also the Mahone screen time. I still think it’s ridiculous that Mahone can figure out exactly what’s going on in 2.6 seconds flat, but whatever. T-Bag, Bellick, and Sucre were boring as usual, but I thought the C-Note scenes were touching and I finally felt bad for that character. In addition, I have to say that I think Kellerman is finally growing on me. Maybe it’s because he wasn’t so damn smug in this episode. At any rate, I thought this was a good one and can’t wait to see the next ep!